Synonyms for pareu

Grammar : Noun

Spell : pahr-ey-oo

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɑr eɪˌu

Définition of pareu

As in loincloth : noun covering cloth

Example sentences :

He wore only a pareu, and was tattooed from toenails to hair-roots.
Extract from : « White Shadows in the South Seas » by Frederick O'Brien

Along the way we met Kanakas, looking very cool, dressed only in their pareu cloth.
Extract from : « Through the South Seas with Jack London » by Martin Johnson

I made a tourniquet of a strip of my pareu and, with a small harpoon, 30 twisted it until the flow of blood was stopped.
Extract from : « Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year » by E.C. Hartwell

Nevertheless, as I smoked at ease in my pareu upon the paepae of my simple hosts I felt some misgivings rise in me.
Extract from : « White Shadows in the South Seas » by Frederick O'Brien

His knife was in his pareu, which, to leave his legs unhampered, he had rolled and tucked in until it was no more than a G-string.
Extract from : « White Shadows in the South Seas » by Frederick O'Brien

Beneath it they wore a pareu, which passed twice around the waist and hung to the calves of the legs.
Extract from : « White Shadows in the South Seas » by Frederick O'Brien

I seized his tail quickly, and as he swept around to free himself I had time to draw the knife from my pareu and stab him.
Extract from : « White Shadows in the South Seas » by Frederick O'Brien

I made a tourniquet of a strip of my pareu and, with a small harpoon, twisted it until the flow of blood was stopped.
Extract from : « White Shadows in the South Seas » by Frederick O'Brien

When at home he wore only a pareu, but he would put on trousers when he went out.
Extract from : « White Shadows in the South Seas » by Frederick O'Brien

At last, wrapping a pareu about me, I went down my trail to the valley road.
Extract from : « White Shadows in the South Seas » by Frederick O'Brien

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